Approaching ‘Medicaid cliff’ could leave hundreds of thousands uninsured
Pandemic-era program will expire on March 31.
Push for state child tax credit begins, could face uphill battle
Low- and middle-income families would get $700 per child
What to know ahead of Pritzker’s budget proposal to lawmakers
Proposed spending plan kicks off monthslong budgeting process each year
217 Today: Recess law boosts elementary students’ social-emotional learning
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Today’s headlines: Four defendants in an upcoming federal corruption trial want to limit evidence against them. Tuesday was National Black HIV-AIDS Awareness Day, and a coalition of Black health equity advocates is calling on the Illinois Department of Public Health to do more. Republican Illinois congresswoman Mary Miller wants to stop…
5 takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — President Biden delivered a State of the Union address Tuesday night that Democrats will likely be thrilled with. He struck notes of his traditional unity message, pledging to work with the new Republican House leadership and touting his legislative accomplishments in the past year, but Biden also laid out an Average Joe America…
Illinois congresswoman says U.S. farmland is under threat of foreign control
CHAMPAIGN – Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL15) on Monday introduced a bill that would place a five-year moratorium on U.S. land purchases by foreign nationals. The Saving American Farms from Adversaries Act is Miller’s first bill of the 118th congress. According to Miller, foreign investment in U.S. farmland has tripled during the past 10 years. She…
Manifestantes de Urbana lloran víctima de paliza y exigen cambios en la vigilancia policial
Este artículo ha sido traducido por Nathalie Murillo. Read this story in English here Urbana – Docenas de personas caminaron por las calles de Urbana el domingo, protestando por la muerte a golpes de un hombre de Tennessee y la vigilancia policial en general. Las autoridades de Memphis publicaron un video que muestra al automovilista…
At least 30 minutes of recess is required at Illinois elementary schools. Here’s what it means for kids
ROCKFORD — On a winter’s day, 5th grade students at Gregory Elementary School in Rockford run around outside at recess. It’s a scene most people are probably familiar with from when they were in elementary school: kids in puffy winter coats playing all sorts of games and walking around with their friends. Of course, there…
LeBron James breaks the NBA career scoring record, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James has now scored more points than any NBA player in history, as he passed fellow Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career 38,387 points on Tuesday night in front of an enthusiastic home crowd. The record came near the end of the third quarter, when James hit a fadeaway jumper. It’s…